The Philadelphia Phillies have placed 32-year old righty reliever Andrew Bailey on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 23rd, due to a strained left hamstring. Bailey has pitched in 25 games (0 starts) so far this year for the Phillies and he is 3-0 with a 4.39 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP. He has given up 19 hits (4 homers) and 9 walks while whiffing 28 batters in his first 26 2/3 innings this year for the Phillies. The Phillies have called up 23-year old righty reliever Edubray Ramos to replace Bailey in the pen. Ramos came into this season as the Phillies’ #17 prospect according to Baseball America. Ramos has pitched in 26 games in AA+AAA-ball so far this year for the Phillies and he is 2-1 with 10 saves, a 1.16 ERA and a 0.72 WHIP. He has given up 24 hits and 4 walks while whiffing 41 batters in his first 38 2/3 innings in the minors this year. Ramos has now pitched in 123 games (6 starts) in his first five years in the minors and he is 11-11 with 29 saves, a 2.75 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP.

The Philadelphia Phillies have claimed 27-year old righty reliever Phil Klein off waivers from the Texas Rangers. Klein pitched in 8 games (0 starts) earlier this year for the Rangers and he was 0-1 with a 5.19 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. Klein has now pitched in 36 games (2 starts) in his first three years in the show and he is 2-3 with a 4.80 ERA and a 1.42 WHIP. Klein will start out in AAA-ball for the Phillies, but I think he will get to the show at some point in 2016.

The Philadelphia Phillies have called up 23-year old righty reliever Severino Gonzalez. Gonzalez pitched in 19 games (1 start) in AA+AAA-ball this year and he was 2-1 with a 3.07 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP. He got his first taste of the show last year with the Phillies and it didn’t go too well at all. Gonzalez pitched in 7 games (all starts) for the Phillies last year and he was 3-3 with a 7.92 ERA and a 1.66 WHIP. He gave up 44 hits (5 homers) and 7 walks while whiffing 28 batters in his 30 2/3 innings last year. The Phillies hope that Gonzalez is better this time around for them.

The Philadelphia Phillies have sent 26-year old righty reliever Colton Murray to AAA. Murray has pitched in 17 games (0 starts) for the Phillies this year and he is 0-1 with a 4.30 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP. Murray has now pitched in 25 games (0 starts) in his first two years with the Phillies and he is 0-2 with a 4.70 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP. Murray will likely get another shot with the Phillies later on in 2016.

24-year old righty starting pitcher Alec Asher of the Philadelphia Phillies has been suspended for 80 games for testing positive for PEDs. Asher pitched in 8 games (all starts) in AA+AAA-ball this year for the Phillies and he was 4-2 with a 2.30 ERA and a 0.84 WHIP. Asher got his first taste of the majors last year and it didn’t go too well at all! Asher pitched in 7 games (all starts) for the Phillies last year and he was 0-6 with a 9.31 ERA and a 1.79 WHIP. He gave up 42 hits (8 homers) and 10 walks while whiffing 16 batters in 29 innings for the Phillies last year, so he got hit really, really hard last year! Asher really blew it as the Phillies would likely have called him up later this year.

The Philadelphia Phillies have called up 22-year old righty starting pitcher Zach Eflin. Eflin came into this season as the Phillies’ #13 prospect according to Baseball America. Eflin pitched in 11 games (all starts) in AAA-ball for the Phillies this year and he was 5-2 with a 2.90 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP. Eflin gave up 49 hits and 11 walks while whiffing 55 batters in his first 68 1/3 innings in the minors this year, which are pretty impressive numbers. Eflin has pitched in 84 games (83 starts) in his first five years in the minors and he is 30-22 with a 3.41 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP. This will be his first shot at pitching in the show. 29-year old righty reliever Luis Garcia was sent to AAA to make a roster spot for Eflin. Garcia has pitched in 2 games (0 starts) for the Phillies so far this year and he is 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA and a 1.67 WHIP.

33-year old lefty swinging outfielder Will Venable has opted out of his minor league deal with the Philadelphia Phillies. He played in 41 games in AAA-ball for the Phillies this year and he was 26 of 127 (.205 avg, .611 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 2 homers, 19 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Venable has played in 955 games in his first 8 years in the majors and he is 706 of 2,818 (.251 avg, .722 OPS) with 376 runs scored, 81 homers, 307 RBIs and 135 stolen bases. Venable could be nearing the end of his career.

The Philadelphia Phillies have called up 29-year old righty reliever Luis Garcia. Garcia pitched in 1 game (0 starts) earlier this year for the Phillies and he was 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP. Garcia has also pitched in 21 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball this year for the Phillies in which he is 3-1 with 1 save, a 2.77 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP. Garcia has now pitched in 110 games (0 starts) in his first four years with the Phillies and he is 6-7 with 2 saves, a 3.90 ERA and a 1.66 WHIP.

19-year old righty starting pitched Adonis Medina came into this season as the Philadelphia Phillies‘ #9 prospect according to Baseball America. He pitched in 10 games (8 starts) in Rookie ball last year and he was 3-2 with a 2.98 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP. He has given up 42 hits and 12 walks while whiffing 35 batters in his first 45 1/3 innings so far this year. Medina has now pitched in 21 games (10 starts) in his first two years in the minors and he is 5-5 with 1 save, a 2.39 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP. The Phillies are not going to rush Medina.

The Philadelphia Phillies have activated 27-year old lefty reliever Mario Hollands off the D.L. Hollands had Tommy John surgery in April of 2015. He has pitched in 8 games (0 starts) in A+AA+AAA-ball on his rehab assignment this year and he was 0-0 with a 1.46 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP. His only Major League experience came back in 2014 for the Phillies, when he worked in 40 games (0 starts) in which he was 2-2 with a 4.40 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP.